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T H E M E S S AG E O F T H E R E C T O R

THE WEST UNIVERSITY of T I M I Ș O A R A of

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HROUGHOUT A HISTORY equally

want to provide knowledge, innovate or perform in the

marked by moments of joy and chal-

field of research and artistic creativity and to those who

lenges, our university has consistent-

are looking forward to joining our bachelor’s, master’s,

ly performed the role with which it was endowed by

doctoral or postdoctoral programs. According to the

its founders as the main knowledge centre of western

WUT charter, the advanced scientific research, and ed-

Romania. In a world of mobilities where distances

ucation are the components of our university’s mission.

have been enormously compressed as a result of the

development of fast means of transportation and new

if you want to be part of our project and I invite you

communication media, WUT stands out on the glob-

to join our effort to consolidate an institution which

al educational market as a regional leader open to the

guides itself by the mission statement:

international academic community, both from the per-

spective of scientific research and from that of study

INTEGRITY, DYNAMISM AND ACADEMIC VISION!

I welcome you to the West University of Timișoara

programs.

Today WUT offers an effervescent intellectual en-

Rector,

vironment which stimulates individual achievements, teamwork and interdisciplinarity both to those who

Professor Marilen Gabriel PIRTEA, Ph.D. 3


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G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT IO N A B OU T

ROMANIA

1 . R OM A N IA - FAC T S and FIGURE S 2. ROM A N IA N PERS ONA LITIE S - A RT S and C U LT U R E 3 . R OM A N IA N P E R S O NA L I T I E S - S C I E N C E and T E C H N O L O G Y 4 . R OM A N IA N P E R S O NA L I T I E S - SP O RT S

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ROMANIA FAC T S and F IG U R E S

LOCATION: •

Eastern Europe, bordered by Ukraine (N and E), Republic of Moldova (NE), the Black Sea (SE), Bulgaria (S), Serbia (SW) and Hungary (NW);

AREA: •

237.500 sq. km (land: 230,340 sq. km and water: 7.160 sq. km);

CLIMATE: • Temperate continental (cold, cloudy winters with snow and fog; sunny hot summers with showers and sometimes thunderstorms);

NATIONAL HOLIDAY: •

Unification Day (of Romania and Transylvania): December 1st (1918);

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: • Romanian;

POPULATION: •

21,528,627 (as of January 2009);

ETHNIC GROUPS: • Romanians 89.5%, Hungarians 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainians 0.3%, Germans 0.3%, Russians 0.2%, Turks 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census);

LITERACY: •

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Male: 99.1%; female: 97.7% (2003 estimate);


INDUSTRIES: • Textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining;

CURRENCY: •

RON; called “leu” (1 € ≈ 4.5 RON);

FOREIGN LANGUAGES: •

The main foreign languages used in Romania are English, French and German;

STANDARD TIME: •

Eastern European Time (EET) (GMT + 2 hours);

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: •

The metric system (since 1866);

VISA: • Foreign visitors need a valid passport and, depending on the country of citizenship, a visa (obtainable at Romanian diplomatic and consular offices as well as at the frontier, including airports). Multiple entry visas are also available for frequent travelers to Romania. There is a nominal fee to be paid to get the visa. Romania joined the EU on January 1st, 2007.

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R OM A N IA N P E R S O NA L I T I E S

A R T S and C U LT U R E

Constantin Brâncuși (centre) with the poet Tristan Tzara

ARTS: •

Theodor AMAN - modern artist and founder of the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest;

Ion ANDREESCU - painter;

Constantin BRÂNCUȘI - sculptor, pioneer of the abstract art;

Nicolae GRIGORESCU - painter;

Paul NEAGU - sculptor, innovator in art;

Ștefan LUCHIAN - painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works;

Nicolae TONITZA - painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic.

ARCHITECTURE:

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Horia CREANGĂ - modernism;

Ioan MINCU - Romanian style architecture;

Alexandru ORAȘCU - neoclassicism.


LETTERS AND PHILOSOPHY: •

Emil CIORAN - philosopher and essayist;

Mircea ELIADE - world authority on the history of religions;

Marcel IANCU - visual artist, architect and art theorist, co-inventor of the DADA movement;

Eugen IONESCO - dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd;

Herta MÜLLER - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (2009), former student of the West University of Timișoara;

Virgil NEMOIANU - essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture.

Constantin NOICA - philosopher and essayist;

Tristan TZARA - poet, founder of DADA movement.

MUSIC: •

Sergiu CELIBIDACHE - conductor of Berlin Philharmonic (1945-1952), Stockholm Radio Orchestra (1962-1972), Stuttgart Orchestra (1972-1977), Munich Philharmonic (1979-1996);

George ENESCU - composer and one of the greatest performers of his time;

Ciprian PORUMBESCU - composer;

Gheorghe ZAMFIR - musician, (check the Kill Bill soundtrack).

DANCE: •

Sergiu ANGHEL - choreographer, director, scenarist;

Alina COJOCARU - ballerina;

Bela LUGOSI - actor, the famous Dracula;

Eugenia POPESCU-JUDEȚ - ballerina, dance teacher, choreographer, manuscript specialist;

Johnny WEISSMULLER - actor, Hollywood’s original Tarzan.

George Enescu painted by Corneliu Baba, painting in the collection of the Art Museum of Timișoara 11


R OM A N IA N P E R S O NA L I T I E S

S C I E N C E and T E C H N O LO G Y

INVENTORS: •

Petrache POENARU - inventor of the world’s first fountain pen.

TECHNOLOGY: •

Henri COANDĂ - builder of the world’s first jet powered aircraft;

Traian VUIA - inventor of the first self-propelling heavier-than-air aircraft (1906);

Aurel VLAICU - engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot;

Spiru HARET - mathematician, astrologer and pedagogue; he made a fundamental contribution to the n-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of secular perturbations in relation to this;

Anghel SALIGNY - engineer; built the first silos of reinforced concrete, in the world.

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George CONSTANTINESCU - engineer, inventor; he founded the Theory of Sonics, based on which he developed a number of applications including a synchronization gear;

Ștefan ODOBLEJA - philosopher, doctor, writer; one of the fathers of cybernetics; he established many of the major themes of cybernetics regarding cybernetics and systems thinking ten years before the work of Norbert Wiener was published in 1948.

MEDICINE: •

Ana ASLAN - inventor of Gerovital, an anti-aging product widely used by famous personalities, such as Charles de Gaulle, John F. Kennedy, Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin or Salvador Dalí.

Carol DAVILA - doctor, pharmacist; he invented the Davila tincture used for the treatment of cholera

Nicolae PĂULESCU - discoverer of insulin (1922)

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A postcard of Vuia and his 1907 airplane Vuia II

BIOLOGY: •

Adrian BEJAN - mechanical engineer; inventor of the constructal theory of generation of design in nature;

George Emil PALADE - doctor, discoverer of the ribosomes; the first Romanian to win the Nobel Prize;

Emil RACOVIȚĂ - biologist, speologist, the founder of biospeleology

CHEMESTRY: •

Lazăr EDELEANU - the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine;

Mircea SABĂU - Romanian-American physicist specialized in Nuclear Medicine renowned for his contributions to medical imaging and neutron studies.

PHYSICS: •

Horia HULUBEI - the first physicist in the world to obtain X-ray spectra in gases.

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R OM A N IA N P E R S O NA L I T I E S

SPORTS

Nadia Comăneci at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, on 18 July 1976

GYMNASTICS: •

Nadia COMĂNECI - the world-famous gymnast from Romania, being accredited as the greatest gymnast of the 20th century; the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10;

Simona AMÂNAR - a Romanian former gymnast, seven-time Olympic medalist and ten-time world medalist;

Maria OLARU - retired Olympic artistic gymnast from Romania. She is an Olympic, World, and European gold medalist in a team;

Marius Daniel URZICĂ - Olympic champion, three-time world champion and three-time European champion on pommel horse;

Octavian Ioan Atanase BELLU - head of the Romanian national women’s artistic gymnastics team. Highly successful, Bellu led the team to five World and two Olympic titles.

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TENNIS: •

Ilie NĂSTASE - former professional tennis player, one of the world’s top players of the 1970, being the world no 1 tennis player in 1972 and 1973 .He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991

Ion ȚIRIAC - professional tennis player, was elected in 2013 into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Virginia RUZICI - former professional tennis player from Romania. She is perhaps most notable for winning the 1978 French Open singles championship

Simona HALEP - Romanian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 (World top 10 Romanian professional tennis playe )

FOOTBALL: •

Gheorghe HAGI - famous Romanian football player

László BÖLÖNI - Romanian football manager and former player. One of the all-time greatest Romanian midfielders, Bölöni was a box-to-box midifielder well known for his passing range, hard working nature and powerful shot from distance

Miodrag BELODEDICI - retired footballer who spent the majority career with Steaua Bucureşti (ten seasons), winning the European Cup with that team and Red Star Belgrade, thus becoming the first player to win the trophy with two different clubs

Marius LĂCĂTUȘ - He was the first player to score in the penalty shoot-out of the 1986 European Cup final against FC Barcelona, won by Steaua

Mircea LUCESCU - former footballer and present manager. He is currently a manager of Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk with whom he won the UEFA Cup 2008–09

ATHLETICS: •

Gabriela SZABO - retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal

Iolanda BALAȘ - former Romanian athlete, Olympic champion and world record holder in high jump

BOXING: •

Mihai LEU - Boxer

Lucian BUTE - former IBF super middleweight champion and former #1 super middleweight in the world by The Ring

Leonard Dorin DOROFTEI - former boxer and WBA Lightweight World Champion

Francisc VAŞTAG - was the first Romanian boxer to win the supreme belt in his category

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G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT IO N A B OU T

TIMIȘOARA

1 . T I M I Ș OA R A - FAC T S and FIGURE S 2 . T I M I Ș OA R A - an INNOVATIV E CIT Y

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TIMIȘOARA FACT S and FIG U RES

SHORT HISTORY

Timișoara, the fourth largest city in Romania, has the charm of a small town and the opportunities of a big city. Situated in the western part of the country, Timișoara is the capital of Timiș County, which borders Serbia and Hungary. About 350,000 people make their home in the Timișoara area.

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T IS BELIEVED THAT ancient Dacian and Roman settlements existed in this region, but Timișoara was first mentioned in a

document of 1212, the "Diploma" of the Hungarian King Andrew II. Since 1342 it has been referred to as a town;

The city has had a turbulent history, being the

last rampart against the Turks, who conquered it in 1552, ruling until 1716, when it was conquered by the Austrian armies under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy;

During the 19th century, Timișoara underwent

important industrial development. It was the first European city to introduce electrical street lighting in 1884. Later that decade, in 1899, electric trams also appeared. Through continuous progress, Timișoara has emerged as a modern industrial city;

In 1989, Timișoara was the first city to rise

against the communist regime, a revolution that soon spread to other cities and led to important political changes in the country;

At present, the economy of Timișoara is based

on the principles of market economy.

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CULTURE

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ENVIRONMENT IMIȘOARA outstanding

has

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number

monuments

of and

buildings: the Orthodox Cathedral,

the Roman Catholic Dome, the Huniade Castle, the Statue of “St. Nepomuk”, the Old Town Hall, the “Bastion” (the rampart of the old city), the “Dicasterial” Palace and the Union Square. Due to these architectural masterpieces, Timișoara is also known as “Little Vienna”;

Timișoara is the only European city that features

three public theatres in three different languages (Romanian, German and Hungarian) and an Opera, in the same historical building. There are many art galleries in the city.

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and gardens, and therefore it has often been called “the city of flowers”.

Because of the temperate climate, recreational outdoor activities take place all year round. Facilities for winter sports are also available within a short distance from the city.

The city is an important academic centre where

students may chose from the courses of four public universities: the West University of Timișoara, the Polytechnic University, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the “Banat” University of Agricultural Sciences;

PEOPLE

IMIȘOARA features numerous parks

Timișoara is a modern cosmopolitan city with

strives for: unity in diversity. We are diverse, but united in the goal of accomplishing the major ideals IMIȘOARA is a multicultural city

of welfare, progress and understanding.

where many others nationalities live side by side with the Romanians:

Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, Jews, etc. The city is permeated with a spirit of ethnic and religious tolerance. To meet the needs of this cosmopolitan environment, schools provide education in several languages: Romanian, English, French, German, Hungarian and Serbian;

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TIMIȘOARA an IN NOVATIVE C I T Y

HISTORICAL INNOVATIONS •

1365 the first coat of arms in medieval Hungary is

bestowed upon the city by royal decree;

1855 the first city in Romania with public gas lighting;

1718 the first beer factory in today Romania;

1718 first elementary school in today Romania;

1728 works on the Bega river began, making it

1869 the first city in Romania to use waterways;

the first waterway in Romania;

1884 the first city in Europe with electric street

trams;

1745 the first public hospital is built in Romania

lighting;

(24 years before Vienna and 34 years before

1886 the first “Ambulance” service in Romania;

Budapest);

1895 the first city with asphalt pavement in

1753 third city of the Habsbourg Empire with

Romania;

a permanent theater season (after Vienna and

1899 the first city with electric trams in Romania;

Budapest);

1902 the first football match played in Romania.

1760 first city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

1921 Dura – the first street lamp factory in

with street oil lamps; •

1771 publication of Temeswarer Nachrichten

Romania; •

– the first newspaper in Romania and the first German-language newspaper in the south-eastern

1815 the first public library in the Eastern part of

1938 the first track welding machine in the world, invented by Professor Corneliu Miclos ;

1953 the only European town with three state

the Habsbourg Empire;

theatres in three languages: Romanian, Hungarian

1819 the first inoculation against smallpox in

and German;

Central Europe; •

1928 FC Ripensia – the first professional football club in Romania;

part of Europe. •

1867 the first city in Romania with horse-drawn

1961

the

first

Romanian

electronic

1823 the first non-Euclidean geometry foundation

computer (created by the Polytechnic Institute of

in the world (established by Janos Bolyai);

Timișoara);

1847 the first concert Johann Strauss II performed

1969 the first encyclopedic treatise on functional

outside Vienna (in the yard of the beer factory of

equations in the world (created by Professor

Timișoara);

Mihail Ghermănescu);

1852 the first telegraphic line in Romania

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(Timișoara -Vienna);

1989 the first free city in Romania, upon the collapse of the communist dictatorship;


1992 the first laparoscopic surgery in gynecology and the first breast plastic surgery (by Professor Ioan Munteanu in collaboration with the Gynecologic Clinic of Heidelberg);

1993 the first total hysterectomy by laparoscopy (by Professor Ioan Munteanu in collaboration with the Clinic of Kiel);

1995 the first in vitro fertilization and transfer of human embryo made in Romania; the opening

Victory Square - Opera

of the first Center of Laparoscopy, laparoscopic surgery and in vitro fertilization; •

1996 birth of Romania’s first baby conceived by

stem cells for the regeneration of the cardiac

a surrogate mother (performed by professor Ioan

muscle on a patient who suffered a myocardial

Munteanu’s team);

infarction (the first intervention of this kind

2000 the first Romanian city to put forward a

in Eastern Europe, performed by dr. Ștefan

social and economic development strategy (a

Drăgulescu’s team);

• 2011 The Association “Timişoara – European

2001 the first Romanian city with an info-stand

Capital of Culture”, founded in order to prepare

network (a project of the City Hall of Timișoara);

and support the Municipality’s application for the

2001 the first public audience in Romania

title of the European Capital of Culture in 2021;

(organised by the City Council of Timișoara); •

2003 the first transplantation of hematopoietic

in vitro fertilization, the first embryo transfer to

project of the City Hall of Timișoara); •

• 2013 JAZZ™ First Edition: a jazz festival that

2002 the first Romanian city to adopt online tax

could be one of the most important cultural events

payment;

in this part of Europe, as the joint effort to achieve

2002 the City Hall Monitor – the first newsletter

the title of European Capital of Culture 2021;

published by a city hall and handed out free of

• 2015 WUT is the first University from Romania

charge to the citizens;

that founded a permanent establishment in

2003 the first Romanian city to broadcast the

Brussels, where grants for major research projects

meetings of the city council online;

and education are funded;

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I N F O R M AT IO N

WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMIȘOARA (WUT)

A B OU T

1 . W E S T U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A - PRE SE NTATION 2 . W E S T U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A - T H E M A NAG E M E N T T E A M 3 . W E S T U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A - in F IG U R E S 4 . W E S T U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A - T Y P E S of ST U DY P R O G R A M S 5 . U N I V E R SI TA R IA AC A D E M IC C O N S O RT I UM

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WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMIȘOARA

SEV E N D E C A D E S of E XC E L L E N C E i n E D U C AT IO N and A DVA N C E D R E SE A R C H

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FTER SEVENTY YEARS of existence, West University of Timişoara is today a bastion of higher education in Romania, the largest university in western Europe, tatalling

15,000 students in 11 faculties.

The West University of Timişoara, with its very wide range of

fields and specializations - from vocational areas (art, music, theater, sport), social (sociology, psychology, political sciences), economic, philological to science (mathematics, informatics, physics, chemistry) looms large on the global education market as a regional leader with significant connections to the international academic community both in terms of scientific research and study programs.

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UR UNIVERSITY has ongoing relationships with over 200 universities worldwide. In these partnerships, hundreds of students and teachers are taking training courses, master

classes, preparing a PhD and participating in postdoctoral programs abroad.

International recognition is reflected in WUT’S more than 90

bilateral agreements with major universities around the world. WUT has its well-deserved place in numerous rank tops based on high standards both in education and in research.

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W E ST U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A

T H E MANAGEMENT TEAM

RECTOR •

Prof. Marilen PIRTEA, Ph.D.

VICE-RECTORS •

Prof. Petru ŞTEFEA, Ph.D. - Financial and Economic Strategy

Prof. Viorel NEGRU, Ph.D. - Research

Assoc. Prof. Mădălin BUNOIU, Ph.D. - Academic Strategy

Assoc. Prof. Dan D. LAZEA, Ph.D. - International Relations and Institutional Communication

Prof. Otilia HEDEȘAN, Ph. D. - Doctoral Programs director

Ec. Laurențiu GEORGESCU, Ph.D. - General Administrative Director

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We are a strong and dynamic team, our interactions are based on trus


st and mutual respect.

Working session of the management team

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE •

Prof. Alexandru BUGLEA, Ph.D.

HEAD OF THE RECTOR’S CHANCELLERY •

Assoc. Prof. Carmen BĂBĂIȚĂ, Ph.D.

CHIEF SECRETARY • Eng. Ramona PUIU PRESIDENT OF WUT STUDENTS’ ORGANISATION •

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W E ST U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A

in FIGURES

The West University of Timișoara was founded in 1944 by Royal Decree signed by H. M. Mihai I of Romania.

FIGURES ON OCTOBER 1ST 2014

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11 Faculties 82 Undergraduate majors 135 Master specializations 10 Doctoral schools 16 Areas of doctoral studies 15000 Students 6 % International students over 20 Student organizations

STUDENTS FACILITIES •

Interdisciplinary courses

Interships in multinational companies

Accommodation in dormitories that meet European standards

• Exchange of expertise with over 350 universities around the world (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Turkey, Serbia, Greece etc.)

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W E ST U N I V E R SI T Y of T I M I Ș OA R A

TYPES of STUDY PROGRAMS ACCORDING TO THE BOLOGNA PROCESS: • • •

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Undergraduate: 3 and 4 years; Postgraduate: 1 and 2 years; Doctoral: 3 years.


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HISTORY: •

1996: Founding of the Universitaria Academic Consortium aiming to bring together Romania’s most important academic institutions;

2009: The charter of the Consortium is signed;

CONSORTIUM MISSION: •

Academic autonomy;

Interuniversity mobility for students and teachers;

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: •

University of Bucharest - www.unibuc.ro;

Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca - www.ubbcluj.ro;

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi - www.uaic.ro;

West University of Timișoara - www.uvt.ro;

Bucharest University of Economic Studies - www.ase.ro.

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U N I V E R SI T Y S T RU C T U R E

W U T FAC U LT I E S

1. W U T FAC U LT IES 2 . FAC U LT Y of ART S and DE SIGN 3 . FAC U LT Y of C HEM ISTRY, BIOLO GY, GE O GR A PHY 4 . FAC U LT Y of E C O N OM IC S and BU SI N E S S A DM I N I ST R AT IO N 5 . FAC U LT Y of L AW 6 . FAC U LT Y of L E T T E R S , H I ST O RY and T H E O L O G Y 7 . FAC U LT Y of M AT H E M AT IC S and C OM P U T E R S C I E N C E 8 . FAC U LT Y of M U SIC and T H E AT R E 9 . FAC U LT Y of P H YSIC A L E DU C AT IO N and SP O RT 1 0 . FAC U LT Y of P H YSIC S 1 1 . FAC U LT Y of P O L I T IC A L S C I E N C E S , P H I L O S O P H Y and C OM M U N IC AT IO N S C I E N C E S 1 2 . FAC U LT Y of S O C IO L O G Y and P SYC HO L O G Y

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W UT

FACULTIES

• Faculty of Arts and Design (FAD) Dean - Assoc. Prof. Vică Tilă ADORIAN, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Chemistry-Biology-Geography (CBG) Dean - Assoc. Prof. ing. Constantin BOLCU, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEAA); Dean - Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu MEGAN, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Law (FD); Dean - Prof. Lucian BERCEA, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Letters, History and Theology (LIT) Dean - Assoc. Prof. Dana PERCEC, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (FMI); Dean - Assoc. Prof. Mircea Florin DRĂGAN, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Music (FM) Dean - Prof. Violeta ZONTE, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (EFS); Dean - Assoc. Prof. Adrian Constantin NAGEL, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Physics (FF); Dean - Prof. Dumitru VULCANOV, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Political Science, Philosophy and Communication (PFC) Dean - Prof. Gheorghe CLITAN, Ph.D.

• Faculty of Sociology and Psychology (SP) Dean - Prof. Alin GAVRELIUC, Ph.D.

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FAC U LT Y

of ARTS and DESIGN

MOTTO: "The word written or spoken doesn’t seem to play any role in my mind. The fundamental elements of my psychological life are well determined signs and the more or less clear images can be reproduced and combined freely." (Albert Einstein)

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topics, students have the opportunity of trying out

the

Faculty of Arts and Design is

alternative educational processes for the complex

one by which students gradually go

development of their artistic personality.

through all the stages of artistic development in the

contemporary context.

representing reality according to one's spiritual

They begin by acquiring knowledge of the

aspirations, and, at the same time, increase one’s

fundamental problems of arts and continue with

awareness of the diversity and the dimension of

more complex issues, specific to each department.

“visual beauty”.

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Plastic arts influence any human project of


DEPARTMENTS: •

DESIGN AND APPLIED ARTS

VISUAL ARTS

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Vică Tilă ADORIAN, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Călin BELOESCU, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: Oituz Str. 4, Timişoara 300086, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592900

Fax: +40-(0)256-592913

E-mail: arte@arte.uvt.ro

Site: www.arte.uvt.ro

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FAC U LT Y

of CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY MOTTO: “Non scholae, sed vitae discimus�

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HE FACULTY of Chemistry, Biology

and Geography is a faculty with an

students and collaborators frequently meet partners

inter and trans-disciplinary character,

from abroad (Universities of Bremen, Angers,

which includes specialists in three scientific fields:

Sorbonne-Paris Gdansk, Wageningen, Tubingen,

Chemistry, Biology, Geography.

Gottingen, Pisa etc), who constantly support our

The presence in a single faculty of three scientific

teaching and research programmes by means of

fields offers the students high quality education

numerous scholarships for students and teachers. We

characterized by flexibility and interdisciplinarity,

are looking forward to cooperating with you under

aiming at solid didactic training or at successful

various forms: as students, visiting professors or

future careers in scientific domains.

partners in our research projects.

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DEPARTMENTS:

CONTACT:

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

GEOGRAPHY

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Constantin BOLCU, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Cătălina ANCUŢA, Ph.D.

Address: Pestalozzi Bd. 16, Timişoara 300115, Timiş, România

Tel: +40-(0)256-592622

Fax: +40-(0)256-592620

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of ECONOMICS and BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MOTTO: “Quemadmodum vivas, quamdiu vivas� (Seneca)

E

VER

SINCE

1967,

the

Faculty

students and specialists, as well as of other citizens.

of Economics has been the most

Through our academic research, we are involved

prestigious institution of high and

in local development and in European integration,

continuing education in economic sciences in the

and we play a significant role in the transfer of

Western part of Romania.

knowledge within and from our faculty to national

We train elite specialists who are very much

and international companies and local authorities.

appreciated in our country and abroad. Through

Due to our high quality standards, we are promoters

continuous education and training, we broaden the

of national and European values.

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DEPARTMENTS: •

ACCOUNTANCY

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC CHANGE

FINANCES

MANAGEMENT

MARKETING AND ECONOMIC INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu MEGAN, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Prof. Liliana DONATH, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Valentin MUNTEANU, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Nicoleta SÎRGHI, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Mihail MUTAŞCU, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: Pestalozzi Bd. 16, Timişoara 300115, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592505

Fax: +40-(0)256-592500

E-mail: secretariat@feaa.uvt.ro

Site: www.feaa.uvt.ro

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LAW MOTTO: “Honeste vivere, neminem laedere, suum quique tribuere�

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EGAL STUDIES offer young people great opportunities for professional achievement.

Thus, our Law School graduates have great

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DEPARTMENTS: •

PRIVATE LAW

PUBLIC LAW

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Prof. Lucian BERCEA, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Florentina MUȚIU, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Florin MANGU, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: Eroilor Bd. 9A, Timişoara 300575, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592400

Fax: +40-(0)256-592442

E-mail: drept@drept.uvt.ro

Site: www.drept.uvt.ro

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FAC U LT Y of

LETTERS, HISTORY and THEOLOGY MOTTO: “Vita sine litteris mors est� (Cato)

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HE FACULTY of Letters, History

for teacher training, but also for a future career in

and Theology is one of the four top

research, business or international

faculties of this type in Romania.

Our

academic

staff

enjoys

relations. international

It has partnership relationships with 23 similar

recognition, our labs are well-equipped and our

faculties in Europe and offers scholarships for BA,

teaching methods are modern. Interdisciplinarity and

MA and PhD students, as well as mobility grants

multiculturalism characterize the Faculty of Letters,

for teachers through the Socrates programme. Our

History and Theology.

Faculty provides a stimulating environment not only 50


DEPARTMENTS: •

APPLIED MODERN LANGUAGES

CULTURAL STUDIES

HISTORY

MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURESS

ROMANIAN STUDIES

THEOLOGY

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Dana PERCEC, Ph.D.

Vice-dean:Assoc. Prof. Valy CEIA, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Codruţa GOŞA, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Dumitru TUCAN, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd.4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592164

Fax: +40-(0)256-592164

E-mail: litere@litere.uvt.ro

Site: www.litere.uvt.ro

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of

MOTTO: “Docendo discimus�

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T THE BEGINNING of the third millennium,

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obvious

for

intellectuals all over the world that

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DEPARTMENTS: •

COMPUTER SCIENCE

MATHEMATICS

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Mircea Florin DRĂGAN, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Mihai CHIŞ, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Dan COMĂNESCU, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

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CONTACT:

ACTING

MUSIC

FACULTY MANAGEMENT:

Address: Piața Libertății 1, Timişoara 300077, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592650

Fax: +40-(0)256-592654

Dean: Prof. Violeta Simona ZONTE, Ph.D.

E-mail: muzica@muzica.uvt.ro

Vice-dean: Prof. Ştefana-Graţiela NEGRUŢIU, Ph.D.

Site: www.muzica.uvt.ro

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION and SPORT MOTTO: “There is nothing which exhausts and ruins more a man than the lack of physical activity� (Aristotel)

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HE FACULTY of Physical Education

and abroad offer our students favourable conditions

and Sport, founded on the 1st of

for training in the field of physical education and

October 1960, is one of the oldest

sport, a field which is very attractive and promising,

and the most renowned faculties in our country.

taking into account the European and international

At present, the teaching staff, the facilities of the

tendencies to promote physical education and sport

faculty, the numerous relations of cooperation and

as essential factors for health maintenance and

partnership with similar institutions in Romania

recovery.

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DEPARTMENTS: •

KINETOTHERAPY AND SPECIAL MOTOR SKILLS

PHYSICAL AND SPORT EDUCATION

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Adrian Constantin NAGEL, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela ORAVIŢAN, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592207

Fax: +40-(0)256-592207

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HE FACULTY of Physics is one of

improves students’ knowledge by means of research

the most prestigious faculties of the

performed at international standards and of a wide

West University of Timișoara and it

range of courses. Our faculty represents an important

offers excellent education characterized by flexibility

centre of intellectual and scientific activity in

and interdisciplinarity. At the same time, this faculty

Timișoara and Romania.

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DEPARTMENTS: •

PHYSICS

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Prof. Dumitru VULCANOV, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Mihail LUNGU, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592108

Fax: +40-(0)256-592108

E-mail: secretary@physics.uvt.ro

Site: www.physics.uvt.ro

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POLITICAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY and COMMUNICATION SCIENCES of

MOTTO: “Verum ipsum factum”

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HE FACULTY of Political Sciences,

Journalism,

Philosophy and Communication

Relations,

Sciences, the “youngest” faculty

Documentation Science, organized according

of the West University of Timişoara, provides

to the three education cycles in the Romanian

specialized

training

Sciences,

higher education system (Bachelor’s, Master’s

International Relations and European Studies

and Doctoral). The most dynamic and open

(Romanian and German language), Philosophy,

minded students come to us.

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Political

Communication Advertising,

and

Information

Public and


DEPARTMENTS: •

PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

POLITOLOGY

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Assoc. Prof. Gheorghe CLITAN, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Corina TURŞIE, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Claudiu MESAROŞ, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592132

Fax: +40-(0)256-592307

E-mail: valentina.vladut@e-uvt.ro

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SOCIOLOGY and PSYCHOLOGY MOTTO: “Don’t expect anything from the 21st century. It expects all from you.” Gabriel García Márquez

A

FTER BECOMING one of the few faculties

of applied social sciences in Romania, the

teaching and research technologies with excelent

Faculty of Sociology and Psychology in

educational management. We are always interested in

Timișoara has come to represent a serious and reliable

extending our network of cooperation with students,

partner of dialog for other prestigious universities in

staff and research partners from other universities

Europe and other parts of the world.

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DEPARTMENTS: •

EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL WORK

SOCIOLOGY

FACULTY MANAGEMENT: •

Dean: Prof. Alin GAVRELIUC, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Mariana CRAŞOVAN, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Alexandru NEAGOE, Ph.D.

Vice-dean: Assoc. Prof. Melinda DINCĂ, Ph.D.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592320

Fax: +40-(0)256-592134

E-mail: secretariat.sociologie@e-uvt.ro

Site: www.socio.uvt.ro

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DOCTORAL STUDIES (CSUD)

1 . C OU N C I L for D O C T O R A L ST U D I E S ( C SU D )

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C OU N C I L FOR

DOCTORAL STUDIES (CSUD)

MOTTO: “Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought about.’’ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

T We

HE GOAL of the Council for Doctoral

scientific fields. They provide guidance in Romanian

Studies (CSUD) is to prepare the next

and international languages, such as English, French

generation of leading education researchers.

and German.

assign

PhD

students

research-training

Doctoral Studies at the West University of

opportunities and grants starting from their very first

Timișoara address undergraduate students who want

year in the program.

to take full advantage of scientific research.

Doctoral Studies cover a plurality of scientific

domains (19), which include specialists in different

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FIELDS OF DOCTORAL STUDIES: • • • • • • • • •

Accounting Art History and Theory Chemistry Economics Finance Geography History Informatics Law

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Management Marketing Mathematics Philology Philosophy Physics Political Sciences Psychology Sociology Visual Arts

COUNCIL MANAGEMENT: •

Director CSUD: Prof. Otilia HEDEȘAN, Ph.D.

Tel: +40-(0)256-592388

Fax: +40-(0)256-592380

E-mail: otilia.hedesan@e-uvt.ro

Contact: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592388/315

Fax: +40-(0)256-592380

E-mail: doctorat@e-uvt.ro

Site: www.dev.doctorat.uvt.ro/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Studii-Doctorale-UVT

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DEPARTMENTS

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Center for Career Orientation and Counselling - www.ccpoc.uvt.ro Center for Pedagogical Assistance and Integration Department of Communication, Identity and Institutional Promotion - www.dci.uvt.ro Department of Heritage, Purchase and Investment Department of Human Resources Department of Informatization and Communication - www.dict.uvt.ro Department of International Relations - www.ri.uvt.ro Department of Life-long, Distance and Limited Attendence Education - www.decidd.uvt.ro Department of Management Control - www.dmc.uvt.ro Department of Quality Management - www.dmc.uvt.ro Department of Project Accessing and Implementation - www.cercetare.uvt.ro Department of Relations with Secondary Schools Department of Teacher Training - www.dppd.uvt.ro Economic and Finance Department Nicholas Georgescu Roegen Department of Training and Interdisciplinary Research Platform Rector’s Office Secretariat Social-Administrative Department


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RESEARCH CENTERS

1. W U T RESEARC H C E NTE RS

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RESEARCH CENTERS at W UT

1. FACULTY OF ARTS AND DESIGN •

Regional Center for Research and Expertise in Restoration - The Preservation of Material Cultural Heritage

Creation Center of Contemporary Visual Arts (Daniela CONSTANTIN)

Research and Creation Center in Decorative Arts and Design (Alexandru JAKABHAZI)

2. FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY-GEOGRAPHY •

Institute for Environmental Advanced Research

Research Center of Thermal Analysis for Environment Problems (Titus VLASE)

Institute of Research and Technology Transfer for Environmental Problems (Vasile OSTAFE)

Center for Regional Development, Cross-border Studies and Reasonable Territory Planning (Nicolae POPA)

Laboratory of Structural and Computational Physics – Chemistry for nanoscience and QSAR (Mihai PUTZ)

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3. FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION •

”Nicholas Georgescu Roegen” Multidisciplinary Platform for Training and Research (Ioan TALPOȘ)

Research Center for Management and Organizational Change CEMASO (Nicolae BIBU)

East European Center for Research in Economics and Business (ECREB) (Ciprian PREDA)

Research Center for Innovative Marketing (Florin FOLTEAN)

4. FACULTY OF LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES •

European Center for Legal Studies and Research - Timișoara (Radu MOTICA)

5. FACULTY OF LETTERS, HISTORY AND THEOLOGY •

Advanced Research Center in History (CCAI) (Victor NEUMANN)

”Constantin Daicoviciu” Center for History and Archaeology Studies (Doina BENEA)

Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (Reghina DASCĂL)

Center for Francophone Studies – DF (Georgiana Lungu BADEA)

ISSTRAROM - Translationes - (Georgiana Lungu BADEA)

Interdisciplinary Center for Regional Studies - CISR (Smaranda VULTUR)

Academic and Professional Writing Center - CSAP (Claudia DOROHOLSCHI)

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RESEARCH CENTERS at W UT

6. FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE •

Research Center for Computer Science (Viorel NEGRU)

Research Center in Qualitative Theory of Systems Applications in Control Problems (Bogdan SASU)

7. FACULTY OF MUSIC AND THEATRE •

Research Center for the History of Music in Banat (Dana CHIFU)

TIMOREGELFEST Research Center (Felician ROȘCA)

Center for Hymnology Studies (Felician ROȘCA)

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Young Researchers (Simona NEGRU)

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Institute of Interpretation of Musical Styles (Grațiela NEGRUȚIU)

Commedia dell’arte Laboratory (Andras Udvari SUTO)


8. FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES •

Social and Political Research Institute (Florin LOBONȚ)

Center for Philosophical Historiography and Philosophy of Imaginary (Claudiu MESAROȘ)

Romanian Center for Prison Studies (Florin LOBONȚ)

Postdoctoral Research Center (Gheorghe CLITAN)

Center for Eastern European Film and Media Studies (Constantin PÎRVULESCU)

Alcide de Gasperi Center for European Studies (Dan LAZEA)

UBUNTU Center for African Studies (Silviu ROGOBETE)

International Center for Studies in Mediation and Negotiation

Spin off:

e-Austria Research Institute Timișoara

Research & Development Institute for Biodiversity Timișoara

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9. FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT •

Research Center for Physical Education and Physical Therapy (Adrian NAGEL)

10. FACULTY OF PHYSICS •

Research Center for Theoretical Physics (Dumitru VULCANOV)

Research Center for Crystalline Materials (Daniel VIZMAN)

Research Center for Smart Materials (Ioan BICA)

Center for Advanced Research in Physics (Daniel VIZMAN)

National Center for X-ray Diffractometry (Paul BARVINSCHI)

Solar Platform (Marius PAULESCU)

Research Center for the Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics (Paul GRĂVILĂ)

Groups of Quantum Electronics (Marius PAULESCU)

Electrohydrodynamics of Disperse Nanometers Systems (Mihail LUNGU)

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11. FACULTY OF SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY •

Romanian Institute for Adult Education – IREA (Simona SAVA)

Center for Psychological Studies and Research in Timișoara (Alin SAVA)

Social Diagnostic Center (Alin GAVRELIUC)

Research Center for Parent-Child Interaction (CICOP) (Ana MUNTEANU)

Advanced Communication Research Center (Bogdan NADOLU)

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1 . W U T ST U D E N T S’ O R G A N I Z AT IO N ( O SU T ) 2 . W U T A S S O C IAT IO N of ST U D E N T S in E X AC T S C I E N C E S ( A S SE U T ) 3 . I N T E R NAT IO NA L A S S O C IAT IO N of ST U D E N T S in E C O N OM IC S and C OM M E R C E ( A I E SE C ) 4 . E U R O P E A N L AW S T U D E N T S A S S O C IAT IO N ( E L S A ) 5 . C A R E E R C OU N SE L L I N G C E N T R E ( C D C ) 6 . A RT O N A S S O C IAT IO N 7 . G E O T I M A S S O C IAT IO N of ST U D E N T S in G E O G R A P H Y 8 . A S S O C IAT IO N of S T U D E N T S in P SYC HO L O G Y ( A SP T M ) 9 . H E X AG O N E F R A N C O P H I L E ST U D E N T S’ A S S O C IAT IO N 1 0 . BA S A R A B IA S T U D E N T S’ O R G A N I Z AT IO N ( O SB ) 1 1 . C E N T E R for AC A D E M IC AC H I EV E M E N T ( C RU ) 1 2 . E R A SM U S S T U D E N T N E T WO R K ( E SN ) 1 3 . R OM A N IA U N YOU T H A S S O C IAT IO N

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STUDENTS’ ORGANIZATION

O

SUT is a students’ organization which was

to the benefit of of WUT students. For any problem,

set up legally at the level of the University,

students can come to room 247 in the main WUT

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CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania, Room 247

Tel: +40-(0)256-592181

E-mail: office@osut.ro

Site: www.osut.ro

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STUDENTS in E X AC T S C I E N C E S

of

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HE ASSOCIATION of Students in Exact Sciences at the West University of Timișoara (A.S.S.E.U.T.) is a students’ organization,

which is non-governmental, professional and civic, and which has as main objective the protection of the students’ legal rights. Another objective is that of involving the students in projects related to professional, cultural and civic activities. So far, the projects initiated by A.S.S.E.U.T. have been supported both by the local, and by the national state institutions. 96

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, România

Tel: +40-(0)724-961712

E-mail: contact@asseut.org

Site: www.asseut.org


I N T E R NAT IO NA L A S S O C IAT IO N

S T U D E N T S i n E CO N O M I C S and CO M M E R C E of

MOTTO: “The International platform for young people to discover and develop their potential.”

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IESEC

is

an

international

youth

organization, whose main objective is

CONTACT: •

young people’s development through the

Address: FC Ripensia Str., C16, Timişoara 300584, Timiş, Romania, Room: 427

experience of integrated learning consisting of team

Tel: +40-(0)754-073894

work, leadership positions and internationalism.

E-mail: aiesectimisoara@gmail.com

AIESEC Timişoara has 16 years of experience in

Site: www.aiesectm.ro

offering development opportunities for the students of Timişoara in their fields of interest.

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L AW S T U D E N T S’ A S S O C I AT I O N

MOTTO: "A just world in which there is respect for human dignity and cultural diversity"

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HE EUROPEAN Law Students’ Association (ELSA) is the world’s biggest organization of law students and of young lawyers.

ELSA is a non-political, independent and nonprofit organization, which functions on a voluntary basis, representing over 32.000 law students from

CONTACT:

42 countries, belonging to over 300 universities.

ELSA aims to contribute to legal education and to

Address: Eroilor de la Tisa Bd. 9A, Timișoara 300576, Timis, Romania, Room: 4

promote the law students’ and young lawyers’ mutual

E-mail: office@timisoara.elsa.ro

understanding and social responsibility.

Site: www.timisoara.elsa.ro

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CO U N S E L L I N G C E N T R E

MOTTO: “The International platform for young people to discover and develop their potential.”

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SSUMING the responsibility of one’s own professional future, the experience of choosing the career one wants, the courage to accept challenges, integrity and self-confidence

are the aspects due to which we have created CDC. We want to discover these qualities in every young person and, in this way, to contribute to Romania’s transformation.

The relationship CDC- academic environment is one of the con-

text – content. The university provides every student with the necessary content and the technical resources to have a career in the domain they have already chosen.

CDC’s vocation is to create the context for a successful career for

every student. The context actually refers to the vision they have on life, environment, money, relationships, future. We achieve this thing by offering students different models, businessmen and personalities in different domains, both Romanians and foreigners, fso that they can see and understand the perspectives and the attitude of a successful person.

Our projects involving with the business environment, public in-

stitutions, nongovernmental organizations, contribute to best familiarizing youth with a variety of career options so that they can chose

CONTACT:

what best suits their personality. This is how we contribute to creating

Address: FC Ripensia Str., C15,

a young generations who, by the steps they take, the jobs they get and

Timişoara 300584, Timiş, Romania,

the business they set up, can contribute to the economic growth of the

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Tel: +40-(0)721-733937

Fax: +40-(0)356-816316

E-mail: office@careercenter.ro

Site: www.careercenter.ro


ART ON A S S O C IAT IO N

W

E ARE ART ON, a group of students who graduated from the West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Arts and Design. Our goal is to bring something

new in the artistic cultural life of Timișoara. We like innovative, professional, mental and experimental things, which we want to promote.

We intend to organize cultural events in which:

• to bring together young artists whose message deserves to

be made public;

• to create a relaxing cultural environment in which we

openly talk about the current topics in the world of arts;

• to inform students about the various opportunities of

promoting their work;

We are open to anyone who shares our ideas and invite you to

take part in the cultural events that will follow.

CONTACT: •

Address: Oituz Str. 4, Timişoara 300086, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592900

Fax: +40-(0)256-592913

E-mail: asociatia.art.on@gmail.com

Site: www.artontm.wordpress.com

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A S S O C I AT I O N OF S T U D E N T S I N G E O G R A P HY MOTTO: "It's not about altitude, it's about attitude!"

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EOTIM is one of the first students' organizations created after the Revolution of 1989. It was set up in

1991 by teachers (who were then students) of the Department of Geography.

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania, Department of Geography

Tel: +40-(0)746-119074

E-mail: timisoara@egea.eu

Site: www.geotim.ro

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A S S O C I AT I O N OF S T U D E N T S I N P S YC H O LO G Y

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HE ASSOCIATION of Students in Psychology and Sociology in Timișoara is made up of students at the Faculty of

Sociology and Psychology of the West University of Timişoara.

The association’s mission is to facilitate

access to personal and professional development of the students of the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, using our values such as friendship, responsibility and professionalism.

In order to achieve its mission, the

association organizes ASPST, Cognosis and EFPSA projects. The Association of Students in Psychology and Sociology from Timișoara is a full member of the Romanian Federation of Student Associations in Psychology - Cognosis and member of the European Federation of Psychology Students’ Associations (EFPSA).

CONTACT: •

Address: Student Complex, Students Alley, Ground Floor , C12, Timișoara 300223, Timiș, Romania

Site: www.aspst.info/

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H E X AG O N E

F R A N CO P H I L E S T U D E N T S ' A S S O C I AT I O N

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EXAGONE was set up in 2007 at the initiative of a number of students of the French department of the West University of Timişoara. It now includes 35 members from Timișoara and offers the frame for

students who wish to meet French people and other francophones.

HEXAGONE ASSOCIATION FACILITATES: •

Getting in touch with different nationalities

Speaking French in an extra-curricular context

Discovering a different culture

Exchanging ideas and initiating projects

Having fun

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania, Room: the French Department office

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Tel: +40-(0)256-592372

E-mail: contact@hexagonetimisoara.com

Site: www.hexagonetimisoara.blogspot.ro


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B E S S A R A B IA ST U D E N T S’

O R G A N I Z AT I O N (OSB)

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ESSARABIA Student Organization (OSB) is

Romania and their education in national, democratic

an NGO, non-profit and non-political body.

and pro-European spirit.

It was established on 3 May 2001, following

Promoting and protecting the interests of young

the natural impulse of Bessarabian students to

Romanians in Bessarabia who come to study in

promote the Romanian academic environment and

Timișoara, and ensuring their education in the spirit

generate interplay between the cultural specificity of

of cultural unity are the principles based on which

Bessarabia and Romania.

OSB was founded.

Its mission is to promote the rights of young

students from Bessarabia who are studying in

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CONTACT: •

Address: Ripensia Alley, dorm C16, ground floor, 300584, Timișoara, Romania.

Phone: +40 743 543 707; +40 753 080 647

E-mail: osb@basarabeni.ro, osb_tm@yahoo.com

Web: www.osb.basarabeni.ro

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CENTER

FOR

AC A D E M IC

AC H I EV E M E N T

(CENTRE DE RÉUSSITE U N I V E R S I TA I R E - C R U ) TIMIȘOARA

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RU is part of a European network that

courses, conferences and videoconferences, as well as

includes 25 achievement centers opened in

other activities.

ten Central and Eastern European countries,

At West University of Timișoara, the Center for

with the common goal of promoting francophone

University Achievement (CRU) was inaugurated in

activities at local and regional level, with a special

april 2013 and since then it is in strong collaboration

focus on university and academic life.

with the French Institute in Timisoara, the French

The center is financed by l’Agence Universitaire

Lectorat at WUT, part of the Faculty of Letters,

de la Francophonie (AUF) and managed by the host

History and Theology and offers support to

university, being an open space for both students

francophone student associations.

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COORDINATORS: Assoc. Prof. Corina TURȘIE Ph.D. (Faculty of Political Sciences, Filosophy and Communication Sciences) •

Email: corina.tursie@e-uvt.ro

Prep. Dana Maria UNGUREANU Ph.D. (Faculty of of Letters, History and Theology) •

Email: danamariaungureanu@yahoo.com

CONTACT: •

Address: V. Pârvan Bd. 4, Timişoara 300223, Timiş, Romania, Room: 042

Facebook: Centredereussiteuniversitaire-CRU

Web: www.auf.org/bureau-europe-centrale-et-orientale/actions-regionales/actions-francophones/centres-de-reussite-universitaire/ 111


E R A SM U S

STUDENT NET WORK

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SN – Erasmus Student Nerwork

section

is one of the biggest students’

are

currently

carried on by its 20 active

associations in Europe, present in more

members who work on a

than 390 universities in 36 countries, which safeguards

volunteering basis.

the interests of international students. ESN’s aim is

to enhance the educational and social integration of

financial benefits from their activity in the section and

international students and to represent their rights

do this job out of their pleasure to help international

and needs at a local, national and international level.

students and contribute to an intercultural dialogue

ESN also promotes study abroad opportunities and

between these and the local community.

takes care of the reintegration of the students who

return to their home country after an educational

section, the one who leads the group of volunteers

experience abroad.

and manages the activities of the section. The ESN

ESN Timișoara is a section of Erasmus Student

Timișoara board members take care of organising

Network in charge of the Erasmus and international

activities for the international students in the city and

students in the city of Timișoara. The section got

for the ex Erasmus Romanian students, their main

recognised by ESN Romania at national level in

aim being to contribute to the social (re)integration

December 2011 and, at an international level, by ESN

of the two groups.

International in January 2012. The activities of

The members of ESN Timișoara do not have any

The board is the decision body of the ESN

the

CONTACT: •

Address: Aleea Studenților, Căminul 13, Room 015, Timișoara, Romania.

Working hours: Wednesday 5 PM - 7 PM

Web: www.esntimisoara.blogspot.ro/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/esntm

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T I M I Ș OA R A B R A N C H

R O M A N I A U N YO U T H A S S O C I AT I O N MOTTO: "Open your mind, improve our world!"

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HE

BIGGEST

project

of

UNYouth

Timișoara is Timișoara Model United Nations (TMUN), reaching now its 5th

global students who not only understand the decisions

edition. Since the purpose of the Model UN is to

their nation makes but also how those changes effect

provide an interactive educational experience that

politics nationally, regionally, and globally. The value

teaches in an interesting and enjoyable way about

of the Model UN experience for a student is based on

the United Nations, TMUN conference affords

what benefits a student can gain from participation.

participants an understanding of how the process

Many different kinds of talents can be developed by

of international debate and negotiation that we

participation in Model UN conferences - including

commonly call diplomacy functions. The simulation

such skills as teamwork, expository and persuasive

of the diplomatic processes are especially important

writing, debating, and negotiation that are important

in this post-Cold War period when the world is

for personal development and future success. Other

quickly becoming more interdependent. In this

projects include:

interdependent world, Model UN makes for informed

CONTACT: •

E-mail: timisoara@unyouth.ro

Web: www.timisoara.unyouth.ro/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UNYAR.Banat

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AC A D E M I C FAC I L I T I E S

1 . W U T A S SE T S 2 . W U T F OU N DAT IO N 3 . W E S T U N I V E R SI T Y P R E S S 4 . E U G E N T O D O R A N C E N T R A L U N I V E R SI T Y L I B R A RY 5 . M A N S A R DA G A L L E RY 6 . SP O RT S FAC I L I T I E S 7 . S T U D E N T S FAC I L I T I E S 8 . U N I V E R SI T Y AC C OM O DAT IO N D O R M I T O R I E S 9 . AC A D E M IC Y E A R ST RU C T U R E

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WUT

ASSETS

WUT is the owner of seven buildings comprising • Spaces used by students and teachers for teaching and research activities • Spaces used by teachers and students for practical training. WUT owns • The Center for Environmental Education and Basic Training - Villa Bertha - Poiana Mărului at an altitude of 500 m in the heart of the Țarcu mountains; • Anina Kollowrath Center for Practice and Research - Caraș-Severin county; • The Stock Exchange floor - Str. Oituz no. 4 - in which stock operations are conducted in real time; • The Biology Teaching and Research Laboratory - Str. Renașterii, No. 24B 118


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F O U N D AT I O N

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HE WUT Foundation was created in December 2012 as an active support for educational, research, and social responsibility projects of WUT.

The main purpose of the Foundation is “to promote the values

of culture, science and civilization by creating a public-private partnership involving the WUT alumni, cultural and scientific personalities, and national and foreign social and economic area representatives.” The Foundation intends to carry on several activities with a beneficial impact on the WUT community:

•• to organize congresses, conferences, workshops and summer schools;

•• to support the research programs of young WUT academics; •• to provide financial and logistic support for students to organize certain social, cultural, scientific, sports and artistic events;

•• to support certain revitalizing projects targeting strategic WUT academic areas, by funding specific activities;

•• to finance social and entertainment activities for WUT employees (access to swimming pools, theatre and opera tickets etc.);

•• to provide support in order to attain the goal of the foundation: “to promote the values of culture, science, and civilization”.

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CONTACT: •

Address: Bd. Vasile Pârvan, No. 4, 1st floor, room 322, Timișoara, Timiș, Romania.

Tel: +40-(0)256-592391

E-mail: fundatiauvt@uvt.ro

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W E ST U N I V E R SI T Y

PRESS

West

over 600 titles, covering a wide range of study and

University Press (Editura Universităţii de

research fields: Anthropology, Ethnology, Philology,

Vest - EUV), is one of the most important

Philosophy,

Physics,

university publishing houses in Romania. It was

Sociology,

Cultural

founded in 2001 in order to contribute to raising the

Sciences, Educational Sciences, Economic Sciences,

prestige of the West University of Timișoara. EUV

Political Sciences, Theology, Translation Studies.

places a particular emphasis on the scientific value

of its books, which are meant to add to Romanian

of BA, MA and PhD students, researchers, academics

and international scholarship. It sets out to bring to

and professionals in the socio-economic environment.

market authors who have the potential for becoming

In their pages, they will all encounter various aspects

landmarks in both academic and professional

of scientific and cultural, national and international

communities, in whatever research fields they might

life. Every single title published by EUV contains up-

represent.

to-date information, significant and necessary for the

- initial or continuous - professional training of our

CADEMICALLY

oriented,

the

In order to ensure content quality, EUV selects its

books by a rigorous peer-review process. The General Catalogue 124

of the West University Press includes

Mathematics, Studies,

Psychology,

Communication

The books published by EUV address the needs

readership.


CONTACT:

WEST UNIVERSITY RECTORATE CO-ORDINATOR:

Address: Str. Paris, nr. 1, 300003, Timişoara Romania

Prof. Otilia HEDEŞAN, Ph.D., Vice-Rector, Director CSUD

Tel: +40256.592.681

E-mail: editura@e-uvt.ro

Oana Maria Doboşi, Editorial Director & Foreign Rights

Site: www.editura.uvt.ro

E-mail: otilia.hedesan@e-uvt.ro E-mail: oana.dobosi@e-uvt.ro

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“ E U G E N TO D O R A N ” C E N T R A L U N I V E R SI T Y L I B R A RY

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HE UNIVERSITY Library of Timişoara

edifice, with large comfortable reading rooms, in

was established on December 30th, 1944 by

which collections are displayed on open shelves

a royal decree signed by King Michael I. At

and organized by study subjects. In the same year,

first, collections consisted of books and journals of

the Library implemented the RFID system (Radio

mathematics and physics, but after 1956, when the

Frequency Identification) in an integrated solution

Faculty of Letters was founded, the Library got an

with ALEPH 500. This system allows protection of

encyclopedic character and grew richer and richer.

the publications, their retrieval and their location on

the right shelf, their check out and check in by self-

In 1992, the University Library of Timişoara

became the Central University Library, an institution

check.

of national interest, having legal personality and

being independent from the university, identical to

Bucharest, Iaşi and Cluj, “Eugen Todoran“ Central

the Central University Libraries of Bucharest, Iaşi

University Library of Timişoara is a scientific and

and Cluj. The new status enabled it to become one

cultural institution of national interest, having a clear

of the most modern and best equipped academic

mission and a definite role of setting up, organizing,

libraries of Romania.

processing, developing and preserving collections of

Since February 8th, 2000, the Central University

books, periodicals, articles, electronic publications,

Library of Timişoara has been officially bearing the

as well as of creating the information environment

name of “Eugen Todoran”, the rector of the University

necessary for the promotion of educational and

who supported it to become the Central University

research activities, strengthening the part that books

Library.

play in the scientific and cultural life of the academic

milieu.

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On October 1st, 2008, the extension building

of the Library was inaugurated. It is a modern

Along with the Central University Libraries of


A gate opened towards knowledge!

SPECIALIZED LIBRARIES: •• Austria Library; •• Chemistry and Biology; •• Economics; •• Exact Sciences, Natural Sciences; •• Fine Arts; •• Humanities; •• Law; •• Multimedia Library; •• Music; •• Orthodox Theology; •• Periodicals. •• Physical Education and Sport; •• Political and Social Sciences; •• Special Collections.

CONTACT: •

Address: Bd. Vasile Pârvan, nr. 4A, 300223 Timişoara

Tel: +40 256 494 004

E-mail: contact@bcut.ro

Site: www.bcut.ro

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MANSARDA G A L L E RY

M

ANSARDA Gallery - located at Oituz

or international - the Faculty of Arts and Design is

street No. 4, within the Faculty of

happy to bring together in this space both renowned

Arts and Design, West University of

artists and students of contemporary art. From

Timișoara, has lately become one of the well-known

this perspective, the gallery becomes a didactic

exhibition spaces of Timișoara. Through the diversity

exercise in which artists in training - students -

of cultural events it hosts, the gallery is renewed and

have the opportunity to meet both their generation

remodels with each of the events organized here,

representatives from other universities in the country

the location itself being fascinating by its unusual

and abroad and current visual artists.

architecture.

gives acces to the world to artists and art lovers alike.

Whether festivals, personal or group exhibiti-

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Each exhibition project widens knowledge and


CONTACT: •

Address: Oituz Str. 4, Timişoara 300086, Timiş, Romania

Tel: +40-(0)256-592900

Fax: +40-(0)256-592913

E-mail: arte@arte.uvt.ro

Site: www.arte.uvt.ro

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WUT

S P O R T S FAC I L I T I E S

WUT OWN SPORTS FACILITIES • Games hall - (basketball rims, volleyball net, tennis net, badminton net, table tennis tables); • Gym - (gymnastics, aerobics); • Handball field, located opposite the WUT main Building and PVC covered. It might also be used as a football field. The sports complex, covering an area of 2900 sqm also features a stand.

• Basketball court located behind the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport. It is an open-air PVC covered court stretching over 450 sqm and professionally prepared for basketball and streetball.

SPORTS GROUNDS USED FOR FREE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT • Tennis court - Municipal Sports Club • Bodybuilding room - School Sports Club • Weightlifting Room - CARUSO Hall • Field athletics - Polytechnic University RENTED SPORTS GROUNDS • Gym - “Bega” Sports Complex - County Sports Department

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STUDENT

FAC I L I T I E S

West University of Timișoara places students at the heart of its objectives and all its actions and activities are meant to prepare future graduates for their chosen careers.

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FACILITIES

•• Free local transportation; •• Access to European standard accommodation; •• Access to bibliographic resources in one of the most modern libraries in the country;

•• Discounts for visits to cultural institutions in Timișoara; •• A wide variety of scholarships funded by MECS, WUT and private sources.

•• Cicloteque Timișoara - free bicycle rental WUT SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships funded by financing contract with MECS:

•• •• •• ••

Performance scholarships Merit scholarships Doctoral scholarships Welfare scholarships

Scholarships funded under special laws:

•• Scholarships for ethnic groups •• Olympic Merit scolarships (Romanian students) •• Scholarships for students residing in rural areas Scholarships funded by WUT

•• Excellence scholarships

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U N I V E R SI T Y

ACCO M O D AT I O N D O R M I TO R I E S

W

EST UNIVERSITY of Timişoara offers students over 3000 beds in dorms, providing the best living conditions.

The facilities students are provided with are, comparatively, the best in the whole city.

UNIVERSITY DORMITORIES • C12 - Aleea Studenţilor 12 / dorm with 2 beds / room • C13 - Aleea Studenţilor 2 /dorm with 2 beds / room • C16 - Aleea FC Ripensia 16 / dorm with 5 beds / room • C15 - Aleea FC Ripensia 15 / dorm with 5 beds / room • C17 - Aleea Studenţilor 17 / dorm with 5 beds / room • G4 - Aleea Studenţilor / studio with 2 beds • Cămin Drept - Blvd. Eroilor de la Tisa / studio with 2 beds • C3 - Str. Lirei 2 / dorm with 5 beds / room • Cămin Cameliei - Camelia 9-11 / dorm with 3 beds / room • Cămin Renașterii - Str. Renaşterii 24B / studio with 2 beds

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AC A D E M I C YE A R S T RU C T U R E

THE ACADEMIC YEAR CONSISTS OF TWO SEMESTERS: •

The autumn semester usually runs from the beginning of October to the end of January;

The spring semester starts in mid February and lasts until the end of June.

Each semester finishes with its own session of exams, each session lasting for about three to four weeks;

There is a two-week Christmas holiday, one-week inter-semestrial holiday, and a two-month summer holiday.

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TA B L E of

CO N T E N T S : 1. THE MESSAGE OF THE RECTOR OF THE WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMIȘOARA / 3 2. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ROMÂNIA / 7 •

Romania - Facts and Figures / 8

Romanian Personalities - Arts and Culture / 10

Romanian Personalities - Science and Technology / 12

Romanian Personalities - Sports / 14

3. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TIMIȘOARA / 17 •

Timișoara - Facts and Figures / 20

Timișoara - an Innovative City / 23

4. INFORMATION ON THE WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMIȘOARA (WUT) / 25 •

West University of Timișoara - Presentation / 26

West University of Timișoara - The Management Team / 28

West University of Timișoara - in Figures / 30

West University of Timișoara - Types of Study Programs / 32

Universitaria Academic Consortium / 34

5. UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE WUT FACULTIES / 37

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WUT Faculties / 38

Faculty of Arts and Design / 42

Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography / 44

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration / 46

Faculty of Law / 48

Faculty of Letters, History and Theology / 50

Faculty of Matematics and Computer Science / 52

Faculty of Music and Theatre / 54

Faculty of Phisical Education and Sport / 56

Faculty of Physics / 58

Faculty of Political Sciences, Philosophy and Communication Sciences / 60

Faculty of Sociology and Psychology / 62


6. COUNCIL FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES (CSUD) / 65 •

Council for Doctoral Studies (CSUD) / 66

7. UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE ADMINISTRATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS / 73 •

University Structure - Departments / 74

8. WUT RESEARCH CENTERS / 77 •

WUT Reasearch Centers / 78

9. WUT STUDENT UNIONS / 89 •

WUT Students’ Organization (OSUT) / 92

WUT Association of Students in Exact Sciences (ASSEUT) / 96

International Association of Students in Economics and Commerce / 97

European Students Forum (AEGEE) / 100

The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) / 100

Career Counselling Centre / 102

Art ON Association / 103

Association of Students in Geography / 104

Association of Students in Psychology (ASPTM) / 105

HEXAGONE Francophile Students’ Association / 106

Bessarabia Students’ Organization (OSB) / 108

Center for Academic Achievement (CRU) / 110

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) / 112

Romania UN Youth Association / 113

10. WUT ACADEMIC FACILITIES / 116 •

WUT Assets / 118

WUT Foundation / 122

West University Press / 124

“Eugen Todoran” Central University Library / 128

Mansarda Gallery / 130

Sports Facilities / 134

Students facilities / 138

University Accomodation Dormitories / 140

Academic Year Structure / 144

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